Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie.

Far-right parties are surging across Europe — and young voters are buying in.

Many parties with anti-immigrant agendas are even seeing support from first-time young voters in the upcoming June 6-9 European Parliament election.

In Belgium, France, Portugal, Germany and Finland, younger voters are backing anti-immigration and anti-establishment parties in numbers equal to and even exceeding older voters, analyses of recent elections and research of young people’s political preferences suggest.

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party won the 2023 election on a campaign that tied affordable housing to restrictions on immigration — a focus that struck a chord with young voters. In Portugal, too, the far-right party Chega, which means “enough” in Portuguese, drew on young people’s frustration with the housing crisis, among other quality-of-life concerns.

The analysis also points to a split: While young women often reported support for the Greens and other left-leaning parties, anti-migration parties did particularly well among young men. (Though there are some exceptions. See France, below, for example.)

  • Cowbee [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    What exactly? I’ve read books and studied history, and just generally gesturing without making any coherent point is pretty worthless, don’t you think?

    Also, I would rather not fuck you.

          • Cowbee [he/him]
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            26 months ago

            How or why? I’ve asked a simple question, and you’re answer is “I dunno, you tell me.” I disagree with you, and you can only result to insults instead of answering the question, lol

            • @John_McMurray
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              -46 months ago

              You’re literally pretending the entire history of the 20th century didn’t happen as it did. Insults are suiting this behaviour

              • Cowbee [he/him]
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                26 months ago

                I am not, I understand perfectly well what happened in the 20th century. Explain your POV.

                  • Cowbee [he/him]
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                    26 months ago

                    When? You just said “history” and repeated your unsupported assertions.